You're right Bill! The Burlington used 4960 very effectively for that duty as
steam locos have MUCH higher clearance in water than do diesel-electrics with
their low-slung traction motors. During that great flood, IC did similar
'bridging' with one of their steamers further downstream. There are certain
finite areas where steam is superior to diesels. Thank goodness Pres. Murphy
had that steam program and a lot of dedicated Burlington shop personnel!
Gerald
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: bkewinger@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:43:44 -0700
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [CBQ] 2-8-2 and how was it used?
some place there are some pictrues during the 1965 flood using 2-8-2 to
get the trains through the water .if my memory is right it was at savanah
bill ewinger
--- On Sun, 7/11/10, Supplement <supplementless@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Supplement <supplementless@yahoo.com>
Subject: Fwd: Re: [CBQ] 2-8-2 and how was it used?
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 7:43 PM
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Well, I found an answer that gets me close to my ball park. Per the Burl Bull #
22 on page 38 O-3 # 5320 was pulling a passenger extra with 12 cars on its way
to Pacific Junction. This would have been in 1949.
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